amhras

amhras

Irish

Alternative forms

• aimhreas

Etymology

From Old Irish amaires (“unbelief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəuɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈə̃ũɾˠəsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈavˠɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈãvˠɾˠəsˠ/, /ˈanˠvˠɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

amhras m (genitive singular amhrais)

1. doubt

   gan amhras ― without doubt, undoubtedly

   Chuir sé amhras ar mo scéal.

   He cast doubt on my story.

2. suspicion (with ar plus the person or thing suspected)

   Tá amhras agam air; Tá mé in amhras air.

   I suspect him.

   Tá siad ag amhras orm.

   They’re suspicious of me.

3. opinion, guess; speculation

Declension

Declension of amhras

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative amhras Vocative a amhrais Genitive amhrais Dative amhras

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-amhras Genitive an amhrais Dative leis an amhras don amhras

Synonyms

• amhairisc
• dabht

Derived terms

• amhrasach (“doubtful; suspicious; opinionated”, adjective)
• amhrasán (“suspicious person”)
• amhrastach (“suspect (person suspected of a crime)”)
• do-amhrais (“unmistakable”, adjective)
• mí-amhras (“(unwarranted) suspicion”)
• neamh-amhras (“freedom from doubt, from suspicion”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amhras	n-amhras	hamhras	t-amhras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “am(a)ires”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “aṁras” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 36.
• "amhras" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.